Nigel Farage facing calls to apologise to female survivors of grooming gangs A group of women have said it was “categorically untrue” for Farage to have said they were not victims of grooming gangs The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025
Nigel Farage urged to apologise to five survivors of grooming gangs for 'ignorance and untrue statements' Reform UK leader suggested the women invited on to the child sexual exploitation inquiry panel were victims of other types of child sexual abuse Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025
Nige thinks Pochin’s comments were ugly and unpleasant. But he agrees with them Reform is no place for racists, and every party has its bad apples. But the benchmark seems to be higher at Farage’s party The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025
Farage calls for Parliament grooming commission as survivor blasts Government The Reform leader suggested a joint initiative by both the Commons and Lords could lead to the launch of a special commission into the scandal. Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025
Second group of grooming gangs victims back Phillips after call for her to quit Four victims previously quit the national inquiry’s victims liaison panel as they urged the minister to step down. The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025
Starmer has faith in Phillips as grooming gangs victims call for her to quit Four women who quit the inquiry’s victims liaison panel have said they would be prepared to return if Phillips resigns. Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025
PM personally intervenes to contact grooming gang victims as ex-Labour minister joins calls for Jess Phillips to resign The government said Jess Phillips has the ‘full backing of the prime minister and home secretary’ insisting she will stay in post The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025
Abuse survivors: We'll only rejoin grooming gangs inquiry panel if Jess Phillips resigns As well as Jess Phillips’s resignation, they call for ‘all survivors on the panel to be genuinely consulted on the appointment of a chair’ Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025
Victims who quit grooming gang inquiry panel ‘may return if Phillips resigns’ As well as Jess Phillips’s resignation, they call for ‘all survivors on the panel to be genuinely consulted on the appointment of a chair’. The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025
Why is there a national inquiry into grooming gangs and how is it going? Survivors of grooming gangs said a previous inquiry did not go far enough but there are tensions over new one The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025
Third survivor of child sex abuse quits grooming gangs inquiry panel The survivor said she was ‘deeply concerned that there still isn’t a genuine understanding of the grooming gangs scandal’. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Claims of grooming probe ‘dilution’ is false, minister says after victims quit Jess Phillips rejected concerns, adding the probe will ‘remain laser focused on grooming gangs’ after two survivors quit their roles in the process. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Victims can have confidence in grooming inquiry, minister says after two quit Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds resigned from the inquiry’s victims and survivors liaison panel on Monday and criticised the Home Office. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Grooming gangs inquiry in disarray as potential chairwoman steps down and third survivor quits panel The resignations have triggered renewed calls for the inquiry to be scrapped and replaced with a fully independent, judge-led process Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025 Ministers must ‘grip’ grooming inquiry after two survivors quit panel – Jenrick Robert Jenrick also suggested that the inquiry should be chaired by a senior judge with experience of family and criminal law.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025 Starmer’s grooming gang inquiry left in turmoil after two survivors quit panel Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds criticise handling of national inquiry, which is yet to appoint a chair